Conquering the Atacama Crossing (Chile) http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama 30 March - 5 April 2008 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:35:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Sunbeam Read-a-thon Winners! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/sunbeam-read-a-thon-winners/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/sunbeam-read-a-thon-winners/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:32:07 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/sunbeam-read-a-thon-winners/ Read-a-thon Winners 2008 

Our winners! 

47 Children from the Sunbeam Childern’s Village took part in the Read-a-thon - they read a total of 890 books!

Congratulations to  our winners and congratulations to all of the children - you are all winners for having taken part!

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/sunbeam-read-a-thon-winners/feed/ Donations ! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-3/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-3/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:09:40 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-3/ A big thank you from the Children of the Sunbeam Children’s Village to Gwenaelle A Daniellou for HKD1000  in support of Stéphane’s great Atacama Crossing!

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-3/feed/ Donations ! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-2/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-2/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:32 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-2/ Thank you to Josephine Bersee for her donation of HKD50 for the Children!

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-2/feed/ Donations ! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:43:48 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations/ Thank you to Mathias Ricci who has donated HKD 600 to The Sunbeam Childrens Village!

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations/feed/ Atacama Finish line photos… http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/atacama-finish-line-photos-2/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/atacama-finish-line-photos-2/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:35:39 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/atacama-finish-line-photos-2/ Jocelyn & Stéphane finishing in style!

6th-apr-650.jpg Steph- the winnerjoce-another winner! joce interviewthe-ladies! 

Video of Jocelyn being interviewed hasn’t been posted on the Official Atacama site yet…. we’ll have to keep watching for it!

Summary of the final :Stage 6 – 10.4km Competitors spent yesterday resting after a grueling 70-plus kilometer stage.  Birthdays were celebrated with special birthday cakes; an astronomer came out to give a two-hour talk about the stars and galaxies.  Competitors and volunteers alike enjoyed the rest time.  Today competitors set out for a 9.7 kilometer jaunt into San Pedro de Atacama, the location of the finish of the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2008.  American Dean Karnazes had built up a more than 30 minute lead going into the final stage. Briton’s Mimi Anderson had a large lead in the women’s division, while Team Trifecta was guaranteed to win the team division being the only team remaining.  As expected,Chile’s Juan Encinta stole Stage 6 giving him two wins during the week.  Dean Karnazes was the overall winner of the Atacama Crossing 2008, although he won the fewest stages ever for a champion in a 4 Deserts event.  We can only wonder how Chile’s Juan Encina would have done if he had raced in the individual category….maybe we will find out in the Gobi March coming up in less than two months. 

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/atacama-finish-line-photos-2/feed/ Read-athon in Stage 5! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/read-athon-in-stage-5/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/read-athon-in-stage-5/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:33:15 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/read-athon-in-stage-5/ Once more a thank you to Deacons  for their sponsorship support of Jocelyn and their gift prizes that prompted the Sunbeam Children’s Village Read-athon! 
… and to Maxim, Ealing  for Jocelyn’s 7 day food supply sponsorship.
There are no words to express what their sponsorship has meant to the children.

Meanwhile - the Children of Sunbeam (that didn’t leave for the Holiday) are still going strong with today being the last day and Stage 6... results and pictures as they come in!

The board as you can see as of 4 April: 28 children read a whopping 105 books!

Dont forget to see the rest of the Read-athon Stage 5 images in the Sunbeam Photo Gallery! 

The board stage 5 rushing to selectgroup read boy-closeboy-close-toofollowing it all online  

 

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/read-athon-in-stage-5/feed/ The Final Results! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/the-final-results/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/the-final-results/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:09:15 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/the-final-results/
18 Stephane LaPorte Male   Fr/HK 06:12:13- 06:58:20- 06:40:52- 07:33:02- 14:00:09- 01:04:03- 42:28:39
45 Jocelyn E.C. Chow Female   Hong Kong 08:38:46 09:40:21 09:36:38 11:09:39 17:50:05 01:44:49 58:40:18

 How amazing were they!!!

 Rob and Dean came in as a tie on the Stage 6 at 00:53:52!  Finishing with Dean  first and Rob James a very respectable #2


1 Dean N. Karnazes Male   United States 04:28:00 05:45:46 05:01:20 06:26:45 09:14:01 00:53:52 31:49:44
 2 Rob D. James Male    UK/HK 04:30:16- 05:15:29- 05:35:52- 05:46:18- 10:24:19- 00:53:52- 32:26:06  
3 Johan Petersen Male   New Zealand 04:35:24 05:50:23 05:42:28 05:51:28 10:58:57 00:53:52 33:52:32

  

 

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/the-final-results/feed/ Donations received! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-received/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-received/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:44:30 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-received/ A huge thank you to Kish Gill for HKD 1,000: In honor of Stéphane’s amazing Atacama Crossing

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/donations-received/feed/ Stage 6 completed! http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-completed/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-completed/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:34:05 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-completed/ No new results times or photographs have been posted other than this breaking news bulletin: 

2:45 pm, 5 April, San Pedro de Atacama: The final stage has concluded. Chilean Juan Encina won the 9.7-kilometer Stage Six. American Dean Kaznares wins the overall Atacama Crossing 2008 race. Awards will be given at the race banquet later tonight. 

]]> http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-completed/feed/ Stage 6 is underway… http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-is-underway/ http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-is-underway/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:50:35 +0000 admin http://www.sunbeam.org/atacama/stage-6-is-underway/ 9:13 am, 5 April, Town Square, San Pedro de Atacama: The competitors will set off in three starts today, and are expected to finish by 1 pm in the Town Square. American Dean Karnazes is expected to win the Atacama Crossing 2008, and Briton’s Mimi Anderson is expected to win the women’s division. Team Trifecta is the only team remaining in the team division. 

Dean KarnazesMimi Anderson

Pictures from April 3rd - Dean Kaznares - Mimi Anderson 

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